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Example sentences for "well drained"

  • In all cases the ground should be well drained.

  • Select a piece of sloping land, so as to be well drained, on the north or northeast side of the hill--virgin soil if possible.

  • During my five years of practical experience in the cultivation of this plant I have learned the importance of well drained ground, with porous open sub-soil for the cultivation of Ginseng.

  • It is best to start a Ginseng garden on a well drained piece of land, says a Dodge County, Wisconsin, grower.

  • When the fish is done the strainer should be lifted out carefully and placed across the kettle until the fish is well drained.

  • Then add the oysters, which should be well drained.

  • The surface is generally level, but is well drained by the Mississippi and its tributaries, mostly small streams.

  • It is a rich prairie town, well drained by the waters of Apple and Willow rivers, and well cultivated.

  • The county is well drained by the St. Croix and its tributaries, Apple, Willow and Kinnikinic on the west and Rush river on the east.

  • A well drained, sandy loam or gravelly soil suits the Peach better than a heavy soil; but if the heavier soil is well drained, good crops may be obtained.

  • The cement may be replaced with rubble on well drained soils, but it is a poor makeshift.

  • In making a Flower Bed, see that the ground is well drained; that the subsoil is deep; that the land is in a mellow and friable condition, and that it is rich.

  • The soil should contain a little sand mixed with fibrous loam, and the pot should be well drained.

  • The spot should be well drained, either naturally or artificially.

  • In making a flower-bed, see that the ground is well drained; that the subsoil is deep; that the land is in a mellow and friable condition, and that it is fertile.

  • In the laying of cement it is important that the walk be well drained by a layer of a foot or two of broken stone or brickbats, unless the walk is on loose and leachy land or in a frostless country.

  • As to soil, celery prefers a moist one, but it must be well drained.

  • For storing small quantities outdoors, dig a trench, a foot or so deep, in a well drained spot, wide enough to admit two heads side by side.

  • While big crops may be grown on heavy soils, the quality will be very much better on sandy, well drained soils.

  • For any of these the soil, of whatever nature, must be well drained.

  • They should be well drained on a piece of blotting-paper before the fire previously to being dished.

  • The surface is well drained and on the steeper slopes the soil washes badly and deep gullies are formed.

  • The type is well drained throughout, while the texture of the subsoil is sufficiently heavy to retain considerable moisture through quite extended dry spells.

  • The Cecil loam, owing to its rolling character, is well drained throughout.

  • The type is well drained, the slopes allowing a rapid flow of water from the surface, while the soil water passes readily through the soil and subsoil.

  • Seeds of native plants which you wish to naturalize should be gathered and sowed immediately in a shaded, well drained location, where the soil has some humus.

  • They should in all cases be set in a well drained position, as they will not stand "wet feet.

  • In choosing a site for a storage pit, select a ridge, well drained and as gravelly a soil as possible.

  • They should be well drained, and placed in an airy part of the Green-house.

  • The pots must be well drained; and the plants require a shaded situation.

  • They require an airy situation, and the pots to be well drained.

  • The pots require to be well drained; very few plants of either in the country.

  • Serve with green peas, well drained, seasoned with salt and butter, and heaped in the centre of the dish.

  • Brown two table- spoonfuls of the butter, and add to it the parsley, cayenne and salt and the oysters, well drained.

  • When the fruit is well drained, spread it on boards or flat dishes and dry in a warm place.

  • This plant is in no way particular as to soil, provided it is well drained.

  • This bulb thrives best in light soil, well drained; in sheltered nooks it may be had in flower a month earlier than in exposed parts.

  • The ground must be rich loam and plenty of humus, well drained, with a southern exposure.

  • Poultry is peculiarly successful on the rocky hills, because they are nearly always dry or well drained.

  • Start from seed in August; transplant to boxes of suitable size, and on the approach of freezing weather cover gradually with leaves and rough manure or litter in a sheltered, well drained place.

  • Only a moderate amount of water will be required in winter, but when the plants are set outside in a well drained position in summer they should be showered frequently.

  • The bed should be well drained, so that the soil will never stay soggy after watering.

  • The sun-dried surface of fertile, well drained soil, is in precisely the condition best adapted to receive the refreshing draught, and convey it to the thirsting plants.

  • If land is well drained, this water sinks downward, and runs away in the drains, instead of passing upward by evaporation.

  • The same field, well drained, is friable and porous, and uniform in texture.

  • It requires a good stiff sandy loam, which must be well drained, and plenty of room for root action should be allowed.

  • The pots must in all cases be well drained.

  • The pots should be filled with sandy peat and be well drained.

  • They require very little water while growing, and the pots must be well drained.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "well drained" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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